Bill Text: TX HB963 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the availability of school district trustee information on the Internet and a review of the essential knowledge and skills of certain curricula.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB963 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB963-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the availability of school district trustee information on the Internet and a review of the essential knowledge and skills of certain curricula.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB963 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB963-Engrossed.html
86R26371 MEW-F | ||
By: Bell of Montgomery, Bernal, Howard, | H.B. No. 963 | |
Johnson of Harris |
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relating to a review by the State Board of Education of the | ||
essential knowledge and skills of the career and technology and | ||
technology applications curriculums. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Not later than March 1, 2020, the State Board of | ||
Education shall: | ||
(1) conduct a review of the essential knowledge and | ||
skills of the career and technology and technology applications | ||
curriculums; and | ||
(2) amend the board's rules in the Texas | ||
Administrative Code to consolidate the technology applications | ||
courses for grades 9 through 12 in 19 T.A.C. Chapter 126, Subchapter | ||
C, with the career and technical education courses in 19 T.A.C. | ||
Chapter 130, and eliminate duplicative courses while ensuring | ||
certifications are aligned with the rigor of each individual | ||
course. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |